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Chicago examiner saturday saturday j^hp chic^iwind vicinity generai f t v j ly fairl saturday and sunday s ' colder saturday brisk northwest . â€¢ wins becoming variable i temperature readings yesterday highest 4!l a % rjl ij Â° west " tys average o vol ix no 75 a m Chicago march 18 1911 20 pages only best rooms i*re al in the examiner tou arth tfon^/fh 11 f7 ery day and sunday â– tion of the city you desire the betr people and they are the kind with wll k to - hve d Â° not put signs in theh windows nor on their front door rerinm pie put a small want ad in the examiner zun at " wl Â» be see Â« an inteiull oung man or woman and they will rent their roohs.i uczlrteieu in . s patent offfca price one cent o-iivcrtd by carriih 30 cent jor kontii japan could take philippines hawaii and guam in a war gen nelson a miles declares take the i the philippines i guam present i are a source weakness to i the they were seized i character can ! l by the shown i yellow men seven or eight i we know the i american shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhj â€” gen nelson i the whole sympa i on the side i the the i the terms our alliance i to go to the as i japan japan attacked i comes to an in i then the duty of i one to see renewed i the now work trying i to renewed â€” carolyn wiffroyh the that i japanese are to become i masters there i they would i to the from the i a long they i to of i the bbhbhbhbhbhbhbhb|bhj thath they have to strug i gle japan for the china i the supremacy of the if i throw our into that i struggle on we un 1 doubtedly be them something i for which i to pay bbhbhbhbhbhbhbhbhbhj happens we are already i on the other per i haps as to remember just i now we are the cf b we are the â€” h london evening h washington starch 17 japli^ouh^asilytakepossessionof the pacific islands under existing conditions major general nelson a miles retired formerly ranking general of the united states army declared to-night general miles was discussing the article by count reventlow in the Chicago examiner this morning and its prediction of ultimate war in the not remote future between japan and the united states replying to the direct question whether japan could take possession of tho philippine islands general miles said yes they could the philippines hawaii and guam in their present condition are a source of weakness to us but the instant they were seized war would begin its character can be judged best by the mettle shown by the yellow men seven or eight years ago and what we know the american soldier is the instant war was declared he continued every machinist iron worker steel worker skilled and unskilled laborer from one end of the country to the other would start to work on war munitions additions to the fleet and what not the scope of which would stagger experts of the profession of war general miles is not among those who believe that japan will go to war with the united states miles declares war is not wanted there is no earthly or sane reason he said for japan going to war with america referring to the jingoes with a smile he said however that one could never say what the future will bring forth a warrior whose gal lant achievements in the field of battle have filled many pages of the his tory books miles is yet a man of peace wbtb are not wanted or needed he said but they are a weak ness of the human race he added and must come i trust that i may never see a contest between this country and the island kingdom of the tfcr east but if it does come in the event that japan landed an army on fthe pacific coast he was asked would they be able to remain - patriotic fire glowed in the eyes of the man of peace as he replied i the japanese army and navy would find more than one port arthur bshere would be five six seven or more each-defended by an army of fcapable men splendidly officered with six trunk lines carrying supplies fcnd ammunition across the rocky mountains as fast as the best developed locomotives in the world could travel the taking of the pacific strongholds such as san francisco port land and other ports would not be the task that port arthur was japan would be up against a different proposition how quickly could an army be mobilized for real war was asked army is called ready to fight in three or four weeks the united states could place an army of one million men in the field properly equipped and effectively officered wtih generals commanding them that are by no means defective in the art of war he answered the nucleus would be from the regular establish ment â€” and this regular establishment is not the organization some would have the american public believe it is amply prepared for the bloody horrible desolating contests that it was created for what effect would the british-j apanese treaty have on a war with the latter power none whatever in my opinion he answered although i am frank to confess i may be mistaken as i interpret the treaty neither party can or will become the ally of the other in the event of hostilities unless the third power ally itself with the enemy in other words if japan should declare war on mexico and we were to go to the assistance of the latter great britain would be compelled by the terms of the treaty to fight with japan so long as the conflict exists between one party to the treaty and her enemy the second power is not compelled to take up arms do you believe that great britain would tolerate an effort on the part of japan to control the pacific no she would be cutting off her nose to spite her face * japan could be beaten by u s if japan controlled the pacific what would become of the 52 per cent of the trans-oceanic shipping of the world's commerce that england holds what would be the position of australia new zealand and her other southern pacific possessions before great britain would allow japanese control of the pacific there would be long and deliberate think tn by british statesmen a war between this country and japan he continued would fp solve itself into a contest between a big nation with an inexh'austiblp sun ply of wealth and a small nation on the verge of bankruptcy there general nelson a miles woman searched as smuggler to sue loeb mother and daughter accuse cus toms officials of ransacking their hose and hair new york march 17 william loeb i jr â€¢ collector of the port of new york j whose rigorous and at times not altogether , diplomatic enforcement of the customs reg i illations has aroused much indignation ou | the part of those arriving from burope 4 1 probably will be made defendant in a suit i , for heavy damages that mrs de forrest j j allgood formerly a leader of society in i atlanta ga will bring against him | mrs allgood is indignant she claims i \ that on her recent arrival from europe tie i trunks and other effects were searched not i only once but several times by collector ; loeb's subordinates who had an idea that | sen was bringing in goods that she had i not declared she claims that expensive hats gowns and other articles of feminiue finery which she bought in this country and which were brought back with her i from abroad were ruined by the treatment j they got at the hands of the customs in â– spectors the length to which collector loevs in spectors go in their search for alleged smuggled goods a zeal that seems to be piling up trouble for the collector is in dicated in the plaint made to-day by mrs i joseph hull wife of the president of the i merchants national bank of savannah ga mrs hull and her daughter arrived in new york to-day on the french liner la provence my daughter and myself were made to take off even our stockings by the inspect ors said mrs hull every stitch of our clothing was searched and even our hair did not escape i consider the treat ment an outrage and had no idea that such a thing could happen on american soil a special agent of the treasury depart ment had the hull search in charge he said his superiors had information that mr6 hull and ber daughter had purchased a diamond necklace abroad it was not ' entered in their declarations hence the rigorous search the necklace was not found and the inspector accused mrs hull of undervaluing her personal effects and sent them to the public storehouse miss hull's declaration was admitted to be cor rect miss hull who is convalescing from an attack of typhoid was kept sitting on the pier while her baggage was being searched collector loeb who returned from wash ington to-night laughed a the threatened suit of mrs allgood - my solicitor has advised me that had onr inspectors known as much about the allgood case at the time of mrs allgood's arrival as they know now her goods would not have been released he said the collector denied that he had dis cussed with treasury officials an alleged otter of duveen brothers art importers to settle the case against them valuable art works were seized some weeks ago by collector loeb's men and it is alleged that the duveens have been persistently under valuing art imports for many years the government's claim against them is huge messengers quit novels pittsbubg pa march 17 elmer k hiles secretary of the engineers society of western pennsylvania has discovered a method of having telegraph messenger boys discard the yellow-back novel for bet ter literature branch libraries have been established at the postal and western union telegraph companies offices and the boys began gloating over books on aviation instead of dead eye dick general j s culver dies springfield 111 march 18 general james s culver aged sixty-flve retired brigadier general of the Illinois national guard died at his home here to-night after an illness of three days general culver commanded the fifth infantry during the spanish-arherican war and was retired a few years ago seeks missing daughter police of the grand crossing station were asked yesterday to search for marrlna mow fifteen years old 833 east eighty seventh street who left her home march 15 with 20 belonging to her mother to pay a gas bill and never returned mrs mow thinks the girl may have been hurt and taken to some hospital , woman risks life to save trapped girls | climbs to firs escape on nar ! row ledge hjgb above street to give alarm j hundred f'iee in panic 1 i thousands cheer escaping workmen from five-story building on madison st mrs kathleen pick 4157 indiana avenue proved herself a heroine in a fire quit partially destroyed the building at is madison street late yesterday afternoon one hundred men and women the major i ity of them women were sent rushing to i the street in mad disorder at tch alarm â– some fled : by the stairways others came down fire escapes and it is probably duej to mis pick's presence of mind her coo j ness in the face of danger and her pluck i that there was not a loss of life the fire attacked the five-story building in which a number of firms were located it was caused by an explor.lon of chem icals in the rooms occupied by the handy specialty company manufacturers of nov elty plates on the third floor mrs pick is the president of the company and was working in the place at the time with two men she was severely burned by the explosion realizes that she is trapped the flames spread rapidly the building is old and was good fuel for the fire mrs pick after trying in vain to stamp out the blaze realized that she was trapped in the burning building and she realized also that there were others many others in the same predicament she was quick to think and quicker to act the woman climbed out on a narrow window ledge the fire escape was several feet away but she managed to reach it never thinking of the are but of the per sons in the burning building she climbed up to the fourth floor and alarmed a num ber of men and women employed by m f edwards & co the building is on fire she cried get^ut while you have a chance some of the women followed her down the are escape others escaped by means of a back stairway warns workers of dinger , - descending to the second floor mrs pick saw that a number of men and women em ployed by the premier tailors and ress man & libtsky were at work all unmind ful of their danger mrs pick's rapping at the window at tracted attention there has been an explosion and the building is on fire she shouted instantly there was a rush for the exits the women did not wait to don their wraps they rushed for the stairway and saw the smoke above them in dense vol umes some ran down the stairs and others like the girls on the floor above took to the fire escape all descended in safety girls descend fire escapes on . the fifth floor eleven girls employed by b l polk & co directory publishers were working when the smoke began to fill the rooms and when they saw that their escape through the smoke by the stairways would be impossible they were in a panic william t morgan advised them to remain calm get your wraps he said and then follow me he led the girls to the fire escape and while a big crowd gathered in the street below looked on and cheered the girls descended , the loss will foot up to about 530,000 study lincoln memorial fine arts commission meets in wash ington to consider plans washington d c march 17 the fine arts commission to-day took up con sideration of plans for a memorial to abra ham lincoln provided for in a bill intro duced by senator cullom of Illinois at the last session of congress daniel burnbam of Chicago is a member of the commission it is understood that efforts to incorporate in the plan a national highway from wash ington to gettysburg will fail inasmuch as the bill provides that the memorial shall be erected in washington it was specified that the fine arts commissiou should co operate with the lincoln memorial commis sion of which senator cullom is a mem ber in arriving ut plans for the 3,000,000 tribute would sprint 12 stories st paul minn march 17 0n a wager of 100 j e meyers an insurance man and giver of school essay prizes says he will run from the bottom floor of the metropolitan life building to the top twelve stories in two minutes flat or if there is not sufficient sporting blood in the community to put up 100 he will take on any public official or well-known citizen on a bet of a dinner for a con genial crowd that he can run that twelve stories inside of two and a half minutes mrs w j bryan robbed new york march it mrs william jennings bryan was robbed at the ma jestic theater of a seal handbag containing 75 and valuable souvenirs according to iufocmauon to the police to-day elkins-hitt romance renewed in florida mr and mrs joseph leiter enter tain late senator's daughter and . â€¢ wealthy wooer on housebort washington ij c march 17 the ; billy hitt-katherine elkins romance has come to light again with the news that i miss elkins and mr hitt nave both been guests of mr and mrs joseph leiter on i their houseboat now in florida waters i the signiflcanve of this is found in the fact that miss elkins is in mourning for . her father and therefore only seeing her i nearest and^dearest the disappearance of mr hitt from washington social events | was accomplished by way of new york ! where it was understood be was on a busl â– ness trip | however the favored american suitor for j the famous heiress was enjoying florida janrt the delights of the house boat party mr and mrs leiter are close friends of j both young people and said to be highly in favor of billy hitt winning the matrimo | nia race against his ducal competitor law to bar harem skirt atlanta alderman's ordinance is ex pected to pass atlanta ga march 17 the harem skirt is to lie barred by law in atlanta alderman everett has introduced an ordi i nance which it is said will be passed mak ing it a misdemeanor for any woman to appear on the street in a harem skirt the divided skirt is exempted the ordinance says in other cities the harem skirt has cre ated rioting the men flocking from all di rections to feast their eyes upon the ex traordinary spectacle doubtless to the se rious mortification of the ladies thus rudely inspected for this reason and because atlanta has always enjoyed the reputation of being a town where the delicate sensi bilities of the women on her streets are never offended the harem skirt should be barred hung art in his stable wanamaker employe arrested ac cused of thefts of many paintings philadelphia pa march 17.â€”wil liam j hoesch an employe in the store of john wanamaker for the last twenty years was arrested to-day charged with the theft of thousands of dollars worth of merchandise from the establishment his arrest was brought about through the theft of a cheap rifle in searching for the rifle which the detectives did not find in the hoesch home they came across priceless oil painting with which hoesch had decorated the walls of his stable hoesch was in the upholstery department and was so well thought of that he was allowed to take many bundles out of the store without being questioned the goods found in his home are valued at about 75,000 john d discommodes Taft oil king refuses to give up hotel rooms for president augusta ga march 17â€”the story of how john d rockefeller refused to give up two rooms of his suite in the bon air hotel here to accommodate presi dent Taft came out to-day mr rocke feller's suite consisted of twelve rooms the hotel was crowded â– when . president Taft asked for reservations it was found that two more rooms were needed to make room for the presidential party the management suggested to mr rockefeller that he give up two rooms of his apart ments but the oil king refused hence it was that president taft's military aide captain archie w butt and a secret serv ice agent had to take quarters remote from the executive london banker a suicide manager for parr co branch ends life accounts in order ssecial cable to the examiner london march it lt k carnegie manager of the lombard street branch of parr's bank committed suicide to-day the affairs of the institution are said to be in perfect order ' parr's bank limited of which c f pan is chairman of the board of directors and b w whalley general manager was originally parr's banking company and was so registered in 1865 the authorized capital is 62,500,000 for years it has paid a dividend of 19 per cent a year county doctors traction pay and medical trust to be bared for investigators by bartzen president of commissioners will seize the opportunity for a further revelation of graft in public institutions john m roach pres ident of the Chicago rail ways company admits it is true that certain attend ing surgeons of the county hos pital are employed in a profes sional capacity by the Chicago railways company in accident cases but as far as 1 know they do not testify in court admits they examine injured persons at the request of the general at torney of the claim department and advise our lawyers as to the line of defense from a medical standpoint admits they prompt the company's lawyers as to questions to be put to medical witnesses for the plaintiffs in damage writs here are 8 more county hospital doctors who appear as witnesses for the Chicago railways co dr charles l mix 5321 greenwood avenue dr daniel m eisendrath 4840 woodlawn avenue dr sidney kuh 4330 drexel boulevard dr george f thompson 3826 van buren street a dr maurice l goodkind 5450 cornell avenue jfl dr john dill robertson 1422 west jackson m boulevard a dr john lincoln porter 5037 madison avenue 4 dr channing w barrett 446 st james place and there are more president peter bartzen of the county board arrived in Chicago last night having cut short his eastern tour to take up the battle against abuses in the county institutions before the senate committee appoi nted to investigate the civil service administration in cook county the committee will hold its first meeting this morning immediately upon his arrivel mr bartzen went to his office in the county building and engaged in a conference lasting two hours with ballard dunn chairman of the civil service and others of his official advisers v a plan of campaign was mapped out and several men were engaged until an early hour this morning preparing records and documents to be submitted to the senate committee at the proper time the charges of president bartzen that the traction interests of Chicago had fastened their clutches on the staff of the county hospital and had a corps of physicians ana internes on their pay rolls for the purpose of robbing the victims of traction accidents were substanti ated yesterday when at least ten doctors on the attending staff were found to make a profession of testifying for the street railway com panies , â– , i ' dr baum has offices with dr moyer the senate committee which was appointed to investigate the regime of president bartzen and his attitude toward civil service em ployes will.be given the opportunity to investigate a gigantic and closed corporation of public utility corporations physicians internes ambu lance chasers shyster lawyers and claim agents which has used its pipe lines into the county hospital to rob wounded and dying vic tims of accidents of their rightful claim on the traction companies which maimed them men who for years have been building marvelous technical de fenses for the traction companies are staff physicians at the county hospital having access to all the records and to the patients who are ultimately sent away ' cured half c ured or dead and then use their po sition to rob them of their claims a startling discovery of yesterday was that dr william l baum chief of the attending staff of seventy physicians has the same office and telephone number with dr harold n moyer the staff physician at the county institution who recei ves 5,000 a year from the Chicago railways company for preparing their cases and using his influence to defeat personal injury suits brou gbt against the company dr baum bag been loudest in denouncing pr esident bartzen for demanding that all reputable medical colleges be given a voice in the giving of examin ations for internes and physicians and that the influence of two med ical colleges friendly to traction interests cease to dominate in the hospital typical of the men who infest the roster of the attending staff of the hospital and represent the trac tion interests is dr charles l mix who was a loyal adherent of the old union traction company before the Chicago railways came into existence and was a part of property transferred with the ordinance of 1907 it was dr . mix who wandered so far into the hypothetical and chimerical in showing a jury that simply getting bumped and man gled a little by a street car did not establish liability on the part of the traction company that judge b rentano held a gavel over his head and informed him that all the jury was interested in was the truth dr mix has for years been a member of the staff of the hospital mix on hospital staff for years dr mix isn't essentially a traction witness because he is always willing to take a fee to testify for anybody said attorney charles j burgess who has more than once destroyed on cross-examination the expertness of dr mix's testimony he has for years been a life saver to the trial department of the north side traction lines a few months ago he represented the city by experting some fellow out of personal injury damages these physicians are where they can whisper to the patient that john m roach continued on 2nd page 4th column your opportunity may be in the want ad columns of the examiner to-day and especially sun day a few minutes spent in reading these columns will prove entertaining and profitable Â„. you 2 ril u md a â€ž mo " complete list of flats to rent real estate bargain business opportunities help wanted ads furnished rooms boarding places and almost anything else you need or want you can bring or phone vour ad to p^nfm^rn 0r 5 55 tu1 6 ' c,ock to - n Â« ht ' sunday examiner want ads bring monday morning results 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Chicago examiner saturday saturday j^hp chic^iwind vicinity generai f t v j ly fairl saturday and sunday s ' colder saturday brisk northwest . â€¢ wins becoming variable i temperature readings yesterday highest 4!l a % rjl ij Â° west " tys average o vol ix no 75 a m Chicago march 18 1911 20 pages only best rooms i*re al in the examiner tou arth tfon^/fh 11 f7 ery day and sunday â– tion of the city you desire the betr people and they are the kind with wll k to - hve d Â° not put signs in theh windows nor on their front door rerinm pie put a small want ad in the examiner zun at " wl Â» be see Â« an inteiull oung man or woman and they will rent their roohs.i uczlrteieu in . s patent offfca price one cent o-iivcrtd by carriih 30 cent jor kontii japan could take philippines hawaii and guam in a war gen nelson a miles declares take the i the philippines i guam present i are a source weakness to i the they were seized i character can ! l by the shown i yellow men seven or eight i we know the i american shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhj â€” gen nelson i the whole sympa i on the side i the the i the terms our alliance i to go to the as i japan japan attacked i comes to an in i then the duty of i one to see renewed i the now work trying i to renewed â€” carolyn wiffroyh the that i japanese are to become i masters there i they would i to the from the i a long they i to of i the bbhbhbhbhbhbhbhb|bhj thath they have to strug i gle japan for the china i the supremacy of the if i throw our into that i struggle on we un 1 doubtedly be them something i for which i to pay bbhbhbhbhbhbhbhbhbhj happens we are already i on the other per i haps as to remember just i now we are the cf b we are the â€” h london evening h washington starch 17 japli^ouh^asilytakepossessionof the pacific islands under existing conditions major general nelson a miles retired formerly ranking general of the united states army declared to-night general miles was discussing the article by count reventlow in the Chicago examiner this morning and its prediction of ultimate war in the not remote future between japan and the united states replying to the direct question whether japan could take possession of tho philippine islands general miles said yes they could the philippines hawaii and guam in their present condition are a source of weakness to us but the instant they were seized war would begin its character can be judged best by the mettle shown by the yellow men seven or eight years ago and what we know the american soldier is the instant war was declared he continued every machinist iron worker steel worker skilled and unskilled laborer from one end of the country to the other would start to work on war munitions additions to the fleet and what not the scope of which would stagger experts of the profession of war general miles is not among those who believe that japan will go to war with the united states miles declares war is not wanted there is no earthly or sane reason he said for japan going to war with america referring to the jingoes with a smile he said however that one could never say what the future will bring forth a warrior whose gal lant achievements in the field of battle have filled many pages of the his tory books miles is yet a man of peace wbtb are not wanted or needed he said but they are a weak ness of the human race he added and must come i trust that i may never see a contest between this country and the island kingdom of the tfcr east but if it does come in the event that japan landed an army on fthe pacific coast he was asked would they be able to remain - patriotic fire glowed in the eyes of the man of peace as he replied i the japanese army and navy would find more than one port arthur bshere would be five six seven or more each-defended by an army of fcapable men splendidly officered with six trunk lines carrying supplies fcnd ammunition across the rocky mountains as fast as the best developed locomotives in the world could travel the taking of the pacific strongholds such as san francisco port land and other ports would not be the task that port arthur was japan would be up against a different proposition how quickly could an army be mobilized for real war was asked army is called ready to fight in three or four weeks the united states could place an army of one million men in the field properly equipped and effectively officered wtih generals commanding them that are by no means defective in the art of war he answered the nucleus would be from the regular establish ment â€” and this regular establishment is not the organization some would have the american public believe it is amply prepared for the bloody horrible desolating contests that it was created for what effect would the british-j apanese treaty have on a war with the latter power none whatever in my opinion he answered although i am frank to confess i may be mistaken as i interpret the treaty neither party can or will become the ally of the other in the event of hostilities unless the third power ally itself with the enemy in other words if japan should declare war on mexico and we were to go to the assistance of the latter great britain would be compelled by the terms of the treaty to fight with japan so long as the conflict exists between one party to the treaty and her enemy the second power is not compelled to take up arms do you believe that great britain would tolerate an effort on the part of japan to control the pacific no she would be cutting off her nose to spite her face * japan could be beaten by u s if japan controlled the pacific what would become of the 52 per cent of the trans-oceanic shipping of the world's commerce that england holds what would be the position of australia new zealand and her other southern pacific possessions before great britain would allow japanese control of the pacific there would be long and deliberate think tn by british statesmen a war between this country and japan he continued would fp solve itself into a contest between a big nation with an inexh'austiblp sun ply of wealth and a small nation on the verge of bankruptcy there general nelson a miles woman searched as smuggler to sue loeb mother and daughter accuse cus toms officials of ransacking their hose and hair new york march 17 william loeb i jr â€¢ collector of the port of new york j whose rigorous and at times not altogether , diplomatic enforcement of the customs reg i illations has aroused much indignation ou | the part of those arriving from burope 4 1 probably will be made defendant in a suit i , for heavy damages that mrs de forrest j j allgood formerly a leader of society in i atlanta ga will bring against him | mrs allgood is indignant she claims i \ that on her recent arrival from europe tie i trunks and other effects were searched not i only once but several times by collector ; loeb's subordinates who had an idea that | sen was bringing in goods that she had i not declared she claims that expensive hats gowns and other articles of feminiue finery which she bought in this country and which were brought back with her i from abroad were ruined by the treatment j they got at the hands of the customs in â– spectors the length to which collector loevs in spectors go in their search for alleged smuggled goods a zeal that seems to be piling up trouble for the collector is in dicated in the plaint made to-day by mrs i joseph hull wife of the president of the i merchants national bank of savannah ga mrs hull and her daughter arrived in new york to-day on the french liner la provence my daughter and myself were made to take off even our stockings by the inspect ors said mrs hull every stitch of our clothing was searched and even our hair did not escape i consider the treat ment an outrage and had no idea that such a thing could happen on american soil a special agent of the treasury depart ment had the hull search in charge he said his superiors had information that mr6 hull and ber daughter had purchased a diamond necklace abroad it was not ' entered in their declarations hence the rigorous search the necklace was not found and the inspector accused mrs hull of undervaluing her personal effects and sent them to the public storehouse miss hull's declaration was admitted to be cor rect miss hull who is convalescing from an attack of typhoid was kept sitting on the pier while her baggage was being searched collector loeb who returned from wash ington to-night laughed a the threatened suit of mrs allgood - my solicitor has advised me that had onr inspectors known as much about the allgood case at the time of mrs allgood's arrival as they know now her goods would not have been released he said the collector denied that he had dis cussed with treasury officials an alleged otter of duveen brothers art importers to settle the case against them valuable art works were seized some weeks ago by collector loeb's men and it is alleged that the duveens have been persistently under valuing art imports for many years the government's claim against them is huge messengers quit novels pittsbubg pa march 17 elmer k hiles secretary of the engineers society of western pennsylvania has discovered a method of having telegraph messenger boys discard the yellow-back novel for bet ter literature branch libraries have been established at the postal and western union telegraph companies offices and the boys began gloating over books on aviation instead of dead eye dick general j s culver dies springfield 111 march 18 general james s culver aged sixty-flve retired brigadier general of the Illinois national guard died at his home here to-night after an illness of three days general culver commanded the fifth infantry during the spanish-arherican war and was retired a few years ago seeks missing daughter police of the grand crossing station were asked yesterday to search for marrlna mow fifteen years old 833 east eighty seventh street who left her home march 15 with 20 belonging to her mother to pay a gas bill and never returned mrs mow thinks the girl may have been hurt and taken to some hospital , woman risks life to save trapped girls | climbs to firs escape on nar ! row ledge hjgb above street to give alarm j hundred f'iee in panic 1 i thousands cheer escaping workmen from five-story building on madison st mrs kathleen pick 4157 indiana avenue proved herself a heroine in a fire quit partially destroyed the building at is madison street late yesterday afternoon one hundred men and women the major i ity of them women were sent rushing to i the street in mad disorder at tch alarm â– some fled : by the stairways others came down fire escapes and it is probably duej to mis pick's presence of mind her coo j ness in the face of danger and her pluck i that there was not a loss of life the fire attacked the five-story building in which a number of firms were located it was caused by an explor.lon of chem icals in the rooms occupied by the handy specialty company manufacturers of nov elty plates on the third floor mrs pick is the president of the company and was working in the place at the time with two men she was severely burned by the explosion realizes that she is trapped the flames spread rapidly the building is old and was good fuel for the fire mrs pick after trying in vain to stamp out the blaze realized that she was trapped in the burning building and she realized also that there were others many others in the same predicament she was quick to think and quicker to act the woman climbed out on a narrow window ledge the fire escape was several feet away but she managed to reach it never thinking of the are but of the per sons in the burning building she climbed up to the fourth floor and alarmed a num ber of men and women employed by m f edwards & co the building is on fire she cried get^ut while you have a chance some of the women followed her down the are escape others escaped by means of a back stairway warns workers of dinger , - descending to the second floor mrs pick saw that a number of men and women em ployed by the premier tailors and ress man & libtsky were at work all unmind ful of their danger mrs pick's rapping at the window at tracted attention there has been an explosion and the building is on fire she shouted instantly there was a rush for the exits the women did not wait to don their wraps they rushed for the stairway and saw the smoke above them in dense vol umes some ran down the stairs and others like the girls on the floor above took to the fire escape all descended in safety girls descend fire escapes on . the fifth floor eleven girls employed by b l polk & co directory publishers were working when the smoke began to fill the rooms and when they saw that their escape through the smoke by the stairways would be impossible they were in a panic william t morgan advised them to remain calm get your wraps he said and then follow me he led the girls to the fire escape and while a big crowd gathered in the street below looked on and cheered the girls descended , the loss will foot up to about 530,000 study lincoln memorial fine arts commission meets in wash ington to consider plans washington d c march 17 the fine arts commission to-day took up con sideration of plans for a memorial to abra ham lincoln provided for in a bill intro duced by senator cullom of Illinois at the last session of congress daniel burnbam of Chicago is a member of the commission it is understood that efforts to incorporate in the plan a national highway from wash ington to gettysburg will fail inasmuch as the bill provides that the memorial shall be erected in washington it was specified that the fine arts commissiou should co operate with the lincoln memorial commis sion of which senator cullom is a mem ber in arriving ut plans for the 3,000,000 tribute would sprint 12 stories st paul minn march 17 0n a wager of 100 j e meyers an insurance man and giver of school essay prizes says he will run from the bottom floor of the metropolitan life building to the top twelve stories in two minutes flat or if there is not sufficient sporting blood in the community to put up 100 he will take on any public official or well-known citizen on a bet of a dinner for a con genial crowd that he can run that twelve stories inside of two and a half minutes mrs w j bryan robbed new york march it mrs william jennings bryan was robbed at the ma jestic theater of a seal handbag containing 75 and valuable souvenirs according to iufocmauon to the police to-day elkins-hitt romance renewed in florida mr and mrs joseph leiter enter tain late senator's daughter and . â€¢ wealthy wooer on housebort washington ij c march 17 the ; billy hitt-katherine elkins romance has come to light again with the news that i miss elkins and mr hitt nave both been guests of mr and mrs joseph leiter on i their houseboat now in florida waters i the signiflcanve of this is found in the fact that miss elkins is in mourning for . her father and therefore only seeing her i nearest and^dearest the disappearance of mr hitt from washington social events | was accomplished by way of new york ! where it was understood be was on a busl â– ness trip | however the favored american suitor for j the famous heiress was enjoying florida janrt the delights of the house boat party mr and mrs leiter are close friends of j both young people and said to be highly in favor of billy hitt winning the matrimo | nia race against his ducal competitor law to bar harem skirt atlanta alderman's ordinance is ex pected to pass atlanta ga march 17 the harem skirt is to lie barred by law in atlanta alderman everett has introduced an ordi i nance which it is said will be passed mak ing it a misdemeanor for any woman to appear on the street in a harem skirt the divided skirt is exempted the ordinance says in other cities the harem skirt has cre ated rioting the men flocking from all di rections to feast their eyes upon the ex traordinary spectacle doubtless to the se rious mortification of the ladies thus rudely inspected for this reason and because atlanta has always enjoyed the reputation of being a town where the delicate sensi bilities of the women on her streets are never offended the harem skirt should be barred hung art in his stable wanamaker employe arrested ac cused of thefts of many paintings philadelphia pa march 17.â€”wil liam j hoesch an employe in the store of john wanamaker for the last twenty years was arrested to-day charged with the theft of thousands of dollars worth of merchandise from the establishment his arrest was brought about through the theft of a cheap rifle in searching for the rifle which the detectives did not find in the hoesch home they came across priceless oil painting with which hoesch had decorated the walls of his stable hoesch was in the upholstery department and was so well thought of that he was allowed to take many bundles out of the store without being questioned the goods found in his home are valued at about 75,000 john d discommodes Taft oil king refuses to give up hotel rooms for president augusta ga march 17â€”the story of how john d rockefeller refused to give up two rooms of his suite in the bon air hotel here to accommodate presi dent Taft came out to-day mr rocke feller's suite consisted of twelve rooms the hotel was crowded â– when . president Taft asked for reservations it was found that two more rooms were needed to make room for the presidential party the management suggested to mr rockefeller that he give up two rooms of his apart ments but the oil king refused hence it was that president taft's military aide captain archie w butt and a secret serv ice agent had to take quarters remote from the executive london banker a suicide manager for parr co branch ends life accounts in order ssecial cable to the examiner london march it lt k carnegie manager of the lombard street branch of parr's bank committed suicide to-day the affairs of the institution are said to be in perfect order ' parr's bank limited of which c f pan is chairman of the board of directors and b w whalley general manager was originally parr's banking company and was so registered in 1865 the authorized capital is 62,500,000 for years it has paid a dividend of 19 per cent a year county doctors traction pay and medical trust to be bared for investigators by bartzen president of commissioners will seize the opportunity for a further revelation of graft in public institutions john m roach pres ident of the Chicago rail ways company admits it is true that certain attend ing surgeons of the county hos pital are employed in a profes sional capacity by the Chicago railways company in accident cases but as far as 1 know they do not testify in court admits they examine injured persons at the request of the general at torney of the claim department and advise our lawyers as to the line of defense from a medical standpoint admits they prompt the company's lawyers as to questions to be put to medical witnesses for the plaintiffs in damage writs here are 8 more county hospital doctors who appear as witnesses for the Chicago railways co dr charles l mix 5321 greenwood avenue dr daniel m eisendrath 4840 woodlawn avenue dr sidney kuh 4330 drexel boulevard dr george f thompson 3826 van buren street a dr maurice l goodkind 5450 cornell avenue jfl dr john dill robertson 1422 west jackson m boulevard a dr john lincoln porter 5037 madison avenue 4 dr channing w barrett 446 st james place and there are more president peter bartzen of the county board arrived in Chicago last night having cut short his eastern tour to take up the battle against abuses in the county institutions before the senate committee appoi nted to investigate the civil service administration in cook county the committee will hold its first meeting this morning immediately upon his arrivel mr bartzen went to his office in the county building and engaged in a conference lasting two hours with ballard dunn chairman of the civil service and others of his official advisers v a plan of campaign was mapped out and several men were engaged until an early hour this morning preparing records and documents to be submitted to the senate committee at the proper time the charges of president bartzen that the traction interests of Chicago had fastened their clutches on the staff of the county hospital and had a corps of physicians ana internes on their pay rolls for the purpose of robbing the victims of traction accidents were substanti ated yesterday when at least ten doctors on the attending staff were found to make a profession of testifying for the street railway com panies , â– , i ' dr baum has offices with dr moyer the senate committee which was appointed to investigate the regime of president bartzen and his attitude toward civil service em ployes will.be given the opportunity to investigate a gigantic and closed corporation of public utility corporations physicians internes ambu lance chasers shyster lawyers and claim agents which has used its pipe lines into the county hospital to rob wounded and dying vic tims of accidents of their rightful claim on the traction companies which maimed them men who for years have been building marvelous technical de fenses for the traction companies are staff physicians at the county hospital having access to all the records and to the patients who are ultimately sent away ' cured half c ured or dead and then use their po sition to rob them of their claims a startling discovery of yesterday was that dr william l baum chief of the attending staff of seventy physicians has the same office and telephone number with dr harold n moyer the staff physician at the county institution who recei ves 5,000 a year from the Chicago railways company for preparing their cases and using his influence to defeat personal injury suits brou gbt against the company dr baum bag been loudest in denouncing pr esident bartzen for demanding that all reputable medical colleges be given a voice in the giving of examin ations for internes and physicians and that the influence of two med ical colleges friendly to traction interests cease to dominate in the hospital typical of the men who infest the roster of the attending staff of the hospital and represent the trac tion interests is dr charles l mix who was a loyal adherent of the old union traction company before the Chicago railways came into existence and was a part of property transferred with the ordinance of 1907 it was dr . mix who wandered so far into the hypothetical and chimerical in showing a jury that simply getting bumped and man gled a little by a street car did not establish liability on the part of the traction company that judge b rentano held a gavel over his head and informed him that all the jury was interested in was the truth dr mix has for years been a member of the staff of the hospital mix on hospital staff for years dr mix isn't essentially a traction witness because he is always willing to take a fee to testify for anybody said attorney charles j burgess who has more than once destroyed on cross-examination the expertness of dr mix's testimony he has for years been a life saver to the trial department of the north side traction lines a few months ago he represented the city by experting some fellow out of personal injury damages these physicians are where they can whisper to the patient that john m roach continued on 2nd page 4th column your opportunity may be in the want ad columns of the examiner to-day and especially sun day a few minutes spent in reading these columns will prove entertaining and profitable Â„. you 2 ril u md a â€ž mo " complete list of flats to rent real estate bargain business opportunities help wanted ads furnished rooms boarding places and almost anything else you need or want you can bring or phone vour ad to p^nfm^rn 0r 5 55 tu1 6 ' c,ock to - n Â« ht ' sunday examiner want ads bring monday morning results 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